Liam and Chris Hemsworth make on-screen debut in charity gig The Roald Dahl Story Company

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Chris and Liam Hemsworth have finally appeared together for the first time on screen.

The famous brothers have starred in blockbuster action movies and rom-coms, but it was Roald Dahl charity gig that saw them debut side by side.

Chris and Liam appeared together in the first episode of The Roald Dahl Story Company, a new YouTube series hosted by Academy Award-winning filmmaker and Thor: Ragnarok director, Taika Waititi.

They play the roles of Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spiker and Waitit narrates the book and also provides entertaining sound effects.

The Hemsworth’s are among a star-studded line-up from film, TV, fashion and music including Ryan Reynolds, Cate Blanchett, Mindy Kaling, Lupita Nyong’o, Sarah Paulson, Meryl Streep and Cara Delevingne who will read for the virtual story telling time.

The collaboration will raise money for Roald Dahl’s Marvellous Children’s Charity and Partners in Health, a non for-profit organisation that is responding to the global coronavirus pandemic.

The celebs will retell the story of James And The Giant Peach from their own homes via Zoom across 10 episodes on YouTube.

Speaking about the project, Waititi said, “This wacky, wonderful tale is about resilience in children, triumph over adversity and dealing with a sense of isolation which couldn’t been more relevant today.”

It seems this is not the first Dahl inspired project from Waititi who recently announced he would be directing and producing two original animated series for Netflix and is also working on an Oompa-Loompas spin off.